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Post by basil on Jun 17, 2021 22:54:13 GMT -5
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Post by basil on Jun 17, 2021 22:54:53 GMT -5
Schedule (all times in PST)
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Post by basil on Jun 17, 2021 22:55:24 GMT -5
Rosters: *expected starters
USA: OH: Taylor Sander*, TJ Defalco, Thomas Jaeschke, Garrett Muagututia MB: Maxwell Holt*, David Smith*, Mitch Stahl OPP: Matthew Anderson*, Kyle Ensing S: Micah Christenson*, Kawika Shoji L: Erik Shoji*
Poland: OH: Wilfredo Leon*, Michal Kubiak*, Kamil Semeniuk, Olek Sliwka MB: Jakub Kochanowski*, Piotr Nowakowski*, Mateusz Bieniek OPP: Bartosz Kurek*, Lukasz Kaczmarek S: Fabian Drzyzga*, Grzegorz Lomacz L: Pawel Zatorski*
Brazil: OH: Yoandy Leal, Ricardo Lucarelli, Douglas Souza, Mauricio Borges MB: Isac Santos, Lucas Saatkamp, Mauricio Souza OPP: Wallace de Souza, Alan Souza S: Bruno Rezende, Fernando Cachopa L: Thales Hoss
Russia: OH: Egor Kliuka, Dmitry Volkov, Denis Bogdan, Yaroslav Podlesnykh MB: Artem Volvich, Ilyas Kurkaev, Ivan Iakoblev OPP: Maxim Mikhaylov, Victor Poletaev S: Pavel Pankov, Igor Kobzar L: Valentin Golubev
Italy: OH: Osmany Juantorena, Daniele Lavia, Alessandro Michieletto, Jiri Kovar MB: Simone Anzani, Matteo Piano, Gianluca Galassi OPP: Ivan Zaytsev, Luca Vettori S: Simone Gianelli, Ricardo Sbertoli L: Massimo Colaci
France: OH: Earvin Ngapeth*, Kevin Tillie*, Trevor Clevenot, Yacine Louati MB: Nicolas Le Goff*, Barthelemy Chinenyeze*, Daryl Bultor OPP: Jean Patry*, Stephen Boyer S: Benjamin Toniutti*, Antoine Brizard L: Jenia Grebennikov*
Japan (Hosts): OH: Yuki Ishikawa*, Ran Takahashi*, Kenta Takanashi, Tatsunori Otsuka MB: Taishi Onodera*, Akihiro Yamauchi, Haku Lee OPP: Yuji Nishida*, Kunikiro Shimizu S: Masahiro Sekita*, Naonabu Fujii L: Tomohiro Yamamoto*
Canada: OH: Nicholas Hoag, Stephen Maar, Steven Marshall, Gordon Perrin MB: Arthur Szwarc, Lucas Van Berkel, Graham Vigrass OPP: Sharone Vernon-Evans, Ryan Sclater S: TJ Sanders, Jay Blankenau L: Blair Bann
Argentina: OH: Facundo Conte*, Ezequiel Palacios, Nicolas Mendez, Cristian Poglajen MB: Sebastian Sole*, Agustin Loser*, Martin Ramos OPP: Bruno Lima*, Federico Pereyra S: Luciano De Cecco*, Matias Sanchez L: Santiago Danani*
Iran: OH: MB: OPP: S: Mir Saeid Marouf Lakerani L:
Venezuela: OH: Fernando Gonzalez, Willner Rivas, Ronald Fayola, Ellecer Canelo MB: Edson Valencia, Jose Verdi, Robert Oramas OPP: Ermerson Rodriguez, Luis Arias S: Jose Carrasco, Armando Velasquez L: Hector Mata
Tunisia: OH: MB: OPP: S: L:
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Post by basil on Jun 17, 2021 22:57:19 GMT -5
I'll make individual match threads for all of the USA men's matches, so we can use this as general discussion as well as talking about the rest of the matches without the US in them.
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Post by Disc808 on Jun 17, 2021 23:02:24 GMT -5
I'll make individual match threads for all of the USA men's matches, so we can use this as general discussion as well as talking about the rest of the matches without the US in them. Thank you so much for this thread and for the future threads! If VNL is any indication, this should be an exciting Olympic Games
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Post by basil on Jun 17, 2021 23:15:36 GMT -5
If the times in that schedule are wrong, just let me know and I'll fix it. Had to do some quick conversions and AM/PM shifts.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2021 23:17:24 GMT -5
If the times in that schedule are wrong, just let me know and I'll fix it. Had to do some quick conversions and AM/PM shifts. im too lazy to check but they should all be on this site in your local time www.nbcolympics.com/schedule/sport/volleyball
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Post by basil on Jun 17, 2021 23:30:12 GMT -5
also keep your eyes and ears spread for more official men's rosters so I can update the roster post
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Jun 18, 2021 0:26:13 GMT -5
I'll make individual match threads for all of the USA men's matches, so we can use this as general discussion as well as talking about the rest of the matches without the US in them. Really good stuff here! An off-topic comment: when I saw these "megathreads", I IMMEDIATELY had some Marvel comic book superhero image pop up in my head... if anyone has a GIF or meme of a Marvel action-figure with an "M" on the chest? ("up on the board: is it a bird, a plane? It's Megathread! Faster than a speeding bullet; able to leap tall buildings in a single bound..." (A VT-hero just like that!))
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Post by volleyb on Jun 21, 2021 1:54:21 GMT -5
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Post by Disc808 on Jun 21, 2021 5:08:01 GMT -5
Really no surprises here for me. The 12th spot (likely Otsuka here) was probably a tight call. Also, K. Takahashi was left off in the middle and I was looking through the match reports yesterday and I believe he started the least amount of matches of all the middles in VNL. I still think this team can make noise but I do worry about if Takahashi needs to be subbed off - the level of the subs has not given me too much confidence. Also, middle play will have to be better.
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Post by KO7 on Jun 21, 2021 18:44:51 GMT -5
Go Canada 🇨🇦 Go! Would be shocked if the Leftsides aren’t Gord Perrin, Stephen Maar, and Nick Hoag. Libero will be Blair Bann. Setters will be TJ Sanders (if healthy), and Jay Blankenau. Middle position is where coach Hoag has some tough choices. The only one who’s a lock is Graham Vigrass. Arthur Szwarc has really emerged as a must-include IMO. Has really impressed in all facets of his game, and brings a real threat from the service line as well. No idea who gets the last (backup) spot between Daniel Jansen Van Doorn and Lucas Van Berkel.
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Post by archiepelago on Jun 21, 2021 22:50:21 GMT -5
Go Canada 🇨🇦 Go! Would be shocked if the Leftsides aren’t Gord Perrin, Stephen Maar, and Nick Hoag. Libero will be Blair Bann. Setters will be TJ Sanders (if healthy), and Jay Blankenau. Middle position is where coach Hoag has some tough choices. The only one who’s a lock is Graham Vigrass. Arthur Szwarc has really emerged as a must-include IMO. Has really impressed in all facets of his game, and brings a real threat from the service line as well. No idea who gets the last (backup) spot between Daniel Jansen Van Doorn and Lucas Van Berkel. Are there expected players for Canada that are not in the VNL?
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Post by Resident Bitchy Canadian Fan on Jun 22, 2021 0:02:49 GMT -5
Go Canada 🇨🇦 Go! Would be shocked if the Leftsides aren’t Gord Perrin, Stephen Maar, and Nick Hoag. Libero will be Blair Bann. Setters will be TJ Sanders (if healthy), and Jay Blankenau. Middle position is where coach Hoag has some tough choices. The only one who’s a lock is Graham Vigrass. Arthur Szwarc has really emerged as a must-include IMO. Has really impressed in all facets of his game, and brings a real threat from the service line as well. No idea who gets the last (backup) spot between Daniel Jansen Van Doorn and Lucas Van Berkel. Are there expected players for Canada that are not in the VNL? No
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Post by Resident Bitchy Canadian Fan on Jun 22, 2021 0:05:48 GMT -5
Go Canada 🇨🇦 Go! Would be shocked if the Leftsides aren’t Gord Perrin, Stephen Maar, and Nick Hoag. Libero will be Blair Bann. Setters will be TJ Sanders (if healthy), and Jay Blankenau. Middle position is where coach Hoag has some tough choices. The only one who’s a lock is Graham Vigrass. Arthur Szwarc has really emerged as a must-include IMO. Has really impressed in all facets of his game, and brings a real threat from the service line as well. No idea who gets the last (backup) spot between Daniel Jansen Van Doorn and Lucas Van Berkel. Yeah that 3rd middle will be a tough decision to make. I hope Loeppky goes to the Olympics, honestly to me the OHs look like: Perrin, Maar/Loeppky, then Hoag. Hoag has been too high error and gets picked on serve a lot. But who knows, I can see Hoag bringing Marshall only because he can play OH AND Hoag seems to like using him at Libero sometimes. But if that happened, I highly doubt Hoag would cut his son, it would be Loeppky being left home.
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